Trailer carrying fireworks in Texas town explodes, kills at least 1

By Kolten Parker |
July 3, 2014
| Updated: July 3, 2014 11:41am

Firefighters work the scene where a trailer carrying fireworks exploded on Thursday morning, July 3, 2014. At least one person was killed and three were injured and injuring at least three, according to multiple media reports.

SAN ANTONIO - A trailer carrying fireworks in a small town in north central Texas exploded Thursday morning, killing at least one and injuring at least three, according to multiple media reports.

The explosion occured in Comanche, which is about 100 miles southwest of Fort Worth, around 9 a.m at the high school. Two vehicles caught fire and the trailer holding the fireworks was destroyed between the softball and baseball fields at the high school, according to WFAA-TV.

Crews were setting up tubes for Friday's fireworks show.

The town's Fourth of July celebrations have been cancelled, according to a Facebook post from the Commanche Chamber of Commerce.